There is a wonderful feeling of abandon that goes along with the expression ‘gone fishing’. It’s like saying that work, family, money and all the other pressures of life can wait. This may well be the case for the recreational fisher who does not carry any of the stresses that fishing for a living might […]
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There’s a time of day where the details on the lunar surface, the clouds and the diffracted blue of the early evening sky all come together to be captured in a single image. I wonder how many people bothered to look up, let alone see or notice our beautiful moon sliced perfectly in half. There […]
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The sun has set and gone, the clouds once lit like lava fire are fading to grey, the last colour of the day recedes. Now begins the beautiful soft light of twilight to usher in the evening. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 960, After The Sun’ 13s f/18 ISO100 15mm
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While wondering through the scrub near the old Jupiter Creek diggings I came across this extraordinary construction. I don’t think it was ever covered with animal pelts and home to anyone in particular but you can easily imagine it might have been. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 959, Inside The Teepee’ 2.5s f/11 ISO100 15mm
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In my short time fossicking for gold in the Adelaide Hills I have learned two important lessons. The first is that you are going to dig up a lot of trash and the second is it’s only ever about fun and exercise, any yellow shiny stuff is a bonus. In an estimated 40 hours of […]
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